Lovin' from my Oven Recipe Notebook (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Lovin' from my Oven Recipe Notebook. :o)

To make this notebook I used stamps from four beautiful Jane's Doodles stamp sets: 'Pumpkin Spice', 'Homemade', 'Read All About It' and 'Bear Hugs'.

With some masking and stamping, as well as some doodling, I created a kitchen scene on a Canson XL Mixed Media Paper panel. I also stamped a sentiment on the panel. Then I colored images in watercolor technique using only one Distress Ink Color: Ground Espresso.

After drying, I drew white highlights and dots, created patterns and highlighted the sentiment and my cover was finished. :o)

I bound a notebook, using white printing paper, covers, sewing thread and needle. I used Coptic Stitch for binding. I learned the particular stitch from a great YouTube tutorial by Sea Lemon: How to Make a Sketchbook/DIY Coptic Stitch Bookbinding Tutorial. Check out her channel, she has awesome bookbinding tutorials. :o)

I love how my recipe notebook turned out. :o)

Notebook measurements (cover): 90 mm x 127 mm (3 9/16" x 5")

Number of pages: 80

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'Pumpkin Spice' stamp set (pumpkins, pie)
• Jane's Doodles 'Homemade' stamp set (kitchen utilities, sentiment)
• Jane's Doodles 'Bear Hugs' stamp set (nut)
• Jane's Doodles 'Read All About It' stamp set (apple)
• Canson XL Mixed Media Paper, 300 g
• white printing paper A4
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink Ground Espresso
• Mitshubishi Fine Liners: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
• dark brown sewing thread
• yellow beeswax
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• scissors
• Xcut self healing mat A4
• ruler
• pencil
• eraser
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #2
• crafting needle (for piercing holes)
• needle
• post-it papers (for masking)
• paper towels
• water

I'm linking my project to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Addicted to Stamps Challenge, Challenge #168 - Anything Goes with an option Use a Ribbon
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) As You Like It Challenge, Favourite - Monochrome or Rainbow?
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.
Very hard choice, as I like them both, monochrome and rainbow. It depends on the image and occasion. On this particular project I went with monochrome to achieve Vintage look. When coloring in monochrome I like to use only one color, as I did on this project. :o)

3) Crafting By Designs, Anything Goes November Edition
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It Make It Challenge: November Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #378 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

6) Cupcake Inspirations, Challenge CIC458 - Color Challenge
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

7) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, November 2018: Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

8) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #202 - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Altered Kraft Paper Bag (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #48 Mid Inspiration)

Happy Friday everyone :-D 

Today I'm posting my mid-inspiration project for ongoing Aloha Friday Challenge at Kitty Bee Designs.

The challenge for this fortnight is #48 - Sew Cute (real/faux stitching).

Our sponsor for this challenge is Dilly Beans Digi Stamps, with an awesome prize for our random winner: 3 digital images of winner's choice.

I made an Altered Kraft Paper Bag, using our sponsor's lovely image 'Crinkles Hearts Framed'. I used real stitches on my project. 

I printed the image on a white cardstock paper and colored it in watercoloring technique, using Distressed Inks and aquarell colored pencil, water and brush. When it was dry, I fussy cut the image and colored edges with black pen.

I printed one more image on Kraft packing paper and glued colored image over it.

I glued a fabric on the paper bag and sewn upper corner with red sewing thread.

Then I glued piece of corrugated cardboard and the image on the bag and sewn two wooden flowers on it. Finished! :-D

List of supplies: 

• Dilly Beans Digi Stamps 'Crinkles Hearts Framed'
• white cardstock paper 
• Kraft paper bag 
• Kraft packing paper 
• corrugated cardboard 
• red sewing thread 
• thread 
• fabric 
• wooden flowers 
• Tim Holtz's Distressed Inks (Mustard Seed, Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain, Black Soot) 
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (red 7) 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm  
• UHU universal glue 
• double sided strong adhesive tape 
• printer
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors 
• hand sewing needle 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. 1
• Marabu fine paint brush no. 10
• water

Stop by the Kitty Bee Designs blog and check out lovely projects my Design Team mates created. And don´t forget to join us in this challenge. We are looking forward to see your projects. :-D


I am entering my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text is direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #146 - Anything Goes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge. 

2) Craft My Life, All Crafts Challenge April/May 
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge. 

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

4) The Pink Elephant Challenge, TPE300 - Anything Goes 

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D


Crafty Milka

Vellum Goodie Bag (Fairy Tale Challenge #115)

Happy Friday everyone :o)

It´s time for a new challenge at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.

The theme for this fortnight is #115, Verpackung für etwas süßes / Wrap something Sweet. 
You can make a box for something sweet, wrap something sweet, or put something sweet directly on your project. Whatever you like. :o)

Our sponsor for this challenge is Milk Coffee, with an awesome prize for our random winner: 3 digital images of the winner´s choice. 

For this challenge I made a Vellum Goodie Bag, using our sponsor´s gorgeous image 'Charlotte at Paper Ship'.

First I made a simple bag from a vellum paper and decorated it with white and yellow gingham stripes.

Then I printed the image on a white paper (160 grams) and colored it with colored pencils and blue fine liner. I used two different techniques for blending:

• hair, water and paper ship are blended with baby oil (I saw that in a video Colored Pencil Blending Methods by Dina Kowal a while ago.)
• yellow parts and skin are blended using two different colored pencils

To make scalloped circle, I used scalloped circle template from cardstock I have. I traced the template around the image, cut it out and erased pencil traces. 

I covered dots, flowers and butterfly on the image with a gloss resin gel, to create glossy accents and to pop up those parts of the image.

When the image was completely dry, I glued 3-D foams behind the image and placed it on the bag. I also glued punched butterflies on the bag.

Using my crafting needle and scoring board, I pierced top of the bag every 1/8", so I could sew through them. I filled the bag with Merci chocolate bars, sewed the bag and glued rubber flower on the right upper corner. 

Bag dimensions are 76 mm x 102 mm (3" x 4").

 
List of supplies: 

• Milk Coffee digital stamp 'Charlotte at Paper Ship'
  
• Gingham Prints (yellow) from Little Llama Shoppe (these were free gift in July 2014)  
• white cardsock paper
• yellow cardstock paper scraps 
• white paper (160 grams)
• vellum paper 
• rubber flower 
• 100% cotton crochet embroidery thread (Koral no. 15, yellow) 
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, dark yellow, light orange, light blue, grey)
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (yellow 3)
• Koh-i-noor universal white pencil for writing on gloss surfaces
• pencil 
• eraser 
• dark blue fine liner 0.5 mm
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• 3-D foam self-adhesive pads 
• transparent low temperature glue stick 
• gloss resin gel super clear 
• printer 
• scoring board 
• trimmer 
• scissors 
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature
• crafting needle 
• large hand sewing needle 
• MSC Edger Punch, Scallop Dot 
• butterfly paper puncher  
• scalloped circle template  
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera
• cotton buds

I hope you'll like my little vellum bag. I do! :o)

Stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see gorgeous sweet projects my Design Team Mates and our Guest Designers made for this challenge. Join us in this challenge, we can´t wait to see your projects. :o)

I am entering my project to following challenges:

Note: bold text is direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) 613 Avenue Create, Challenge #118: Anything Goes

2) ABC Challenge, G is for 'Go Digital'
I used digital image and digital paper. 

3) Clear it Out Challenge Blog, Theme: Anything Goes, Stash: Anything Goes 

 
4) Craft My Life, All Crafts Challenge April/May 

5) Fairytale Stampers, Challenge #53 - Anything Goes 

6) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #109 - Anything Goes

7) Papertake Weekly Challenge, Anything Goes

8) Stamp and Create Challenges, April Challenge: Anything Goes 

9) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from April 7th to April 13th, Anything Goes

 
Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Crafty Milka

Fairy Needle Easel Calendar (Fairy Tale Challenge #111)

Happy Friday everyone :-D

It´s time for a new challenge at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.

Theme for this fortnight is #111, Stoff oder nähen / Fabric or Sewing.
Use fabric on your project, fully or partly, sew something, or use a stamp with fitting image... anything you like. :-D

Fairy Needle Easel Calendar is my project for this challenge.

I used lovely Mo´s Manning digital stamp 'Fairy Needle', which includes lovely Fairy and separate "encouragement" sentiment. I like the layout of colored sample from Mo Manning and I decided to make mine same. 

Image is paper pieced and it has 2 layers. I printed images on white 160 grams paper, colored them, fussy cut one image and colored it´s edges with black pen and glued cut out image over another image. Here is a photo of two layers.

I covered Fairy´s wings with FIMO Gloss Varnish. I was experimenting a bit and was wondering what will happen when I use this medium on paper. :-D 

Calendar dimensions are 105 mm x 148 mm (4 1/8" x 5 7/8").  
I made this easel calendar using a great photo tutorial Kalendarkarte - calendar card from Stempeleinmaleins.

I made monthly calendar using MS Word. After printing, I cut out same sized rectangles and glued them together on top. 

I decorated calendar with paper flowers, plastic self adhesive half beads and punched out butterflies. At the end I smeared Pastel-White pearl maker over butterflies and flowers. 

 
List of supplies: 

• Mo´s Manning digital stamp 'Fairy Needle'
• Aerofoil free font from DaFont
• white cardsock paper
• white paper (160 grams) 
• white paper (120 grams) 
• lavender cardstock paper
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, dark brown, dark grey)
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Lavender Violet 8)
• silver sparkling pen 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• self adhesive plastic half beads (Ø 2 mm) 
• paper flowers  
• UHU universal glue 
• white water based glue
• Staedtler FIMO Gloss Varnish 
• pearl maker (Pastel-White) 
• printer 
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors 
• crafting needle 
• MARABU fine paint brush no.2
• butterfly paper puncher 

I hope you like my project. Now, hop over at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see gorgeous projects my Design Team Mates made for this challenge and do join us, we can´t wait to see your projects. :-D We also have a great prize. This time our lucky winner will win this CD-Rom with digital images, papers and sentiments.

 

I am entering my project into following challenges:

Note: bold text is direct link to current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenges home page. 

1) Bronte and Bella´s Clubhouse, Bronte and Bella´s SHOWCASE February Challenge

2) Crafting By Designs, February Anything Goes 
My 2nd entry to this challenge. 

3) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #104 - Anything Goes

4) Mo´s Challenge Blog, Challenge #247 - Anything Goes

5) Stempelgarten Challenge, Challenge #34 - Alles ausser Karten / Everything but Cards

6) That Craft Place, Challenge - Anything Goes 
My 2nd entry to this challenge. 

7) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from February 10th to February 16th, Anything Goes 

Thank you so much for stopping by and your kind feedback. Have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy and smile :-D

Crafty Milka